20-year-old Jacob Lewis was killed by a suspected drunk driver on Friday night time (April 21) after leaving the Taylor Swift live performance in Houston, Texas, along with his sister April Bancroft.
In keeping with KHOU-11, the 2 younger followers had been driving dwelling from the present after they had automotive bother on the freeway. Lewis started pushing the automotive and was struck and instantly killed by 34-year-old Alan Bryant, who fled the scene. Fortunately, a tow truck driver that noticed what occurred adopted Bryant and he was ultimately arrested by police.
Jacob’s father, Steve Lewis, shared the devastating information on his Fb web page over the weekend, noting that Bancroft survived, and suffered “solely minor bruises and scrapes.”
Steve additionally shared pictures of Jacob and gave perception into his passion-filled life, which included having fun with theater, dance, music and taking part in video video games. “It was Jacob’s love of Pokémon that launched this household to the Pokémon Buying and selling Card Sport, and he would qualify for the Pokémon World Championships 3 occasions. Jacob competed towards gamers from everywhere in the world in Vancouver in 2013, Boston in 2015, and San Francisco in 2016,” Steve wrote.
“Jacob shall be remembered as a loving and trustworthy younger man who was loyal to his household and buddies,” he concluded his heartbreaking message. “His final act was to push his sister to security on a darkish road. There is no such thing as a option to describe the magnitude of this loss and the vacancy left in our hearts.”
See Steve’s put up right here.